Orinthologists

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• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bird names are usually either 1. a straightforward description 2. absolute nonsense

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  • Cthulhu1@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or something naughty

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    • proctonaut@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The Tufted Shitdick is more suited to a temperate climate but are occasionally spotted as far south as the equator.

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    • Maultasche@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Great Tits

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    • And009@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ummh, Platypus

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• capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Aw, come on…

  Only in ornithology can you say, “Look at that pair of great tits!” “That’s a huge pecker!” “That’s a nice looking cock!” And “Look at all the boobies!”

  And literally nobody can get mad…

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I dunno, boobies seem to not like being looked at,

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• anzich@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The monkey scientists make no sense though

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  • qarbone@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “You CANNOT name this species the ‘greater blue-balled ding-dong monkey’. Not least because we will not let you name something else the ‘lesser blue-balled ding-dong monkey’!”

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    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I wonder how many people went to go see if there was a so-named monkey.

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  • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What a beautiful blue. Can you imagine if we all had different coloured ballsacks?

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    • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t tell my wife!

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    • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Taste the rainbow 🌈

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  • Random_German_Name@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bro got blueballed badly

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  • hltdev@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    they got it wrong, should have been called: the blue balled vervet monkey.

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    • Kuragi2@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Blue balled black faced tree swingin people eater

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  • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gorilla gorilla gorilla

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• captcha@hexbear.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  A red bellied woodpecker.

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  • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why?

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• SirDankbud@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The fun part of the bird name is sometimes hidden in latin. My favourite example is scientific name for the American Robin, Turdus Migratorius.

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  • Zoop@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh boy! I know someone named Robin who is going to love to hear that! I’m silly-excited to tell them now. Thank you! I love it!

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• _number8_@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  there are also some birds called bushtits which puts them pretty well in my good graces

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• NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “What’s that?!” I call out for the the 100th time in a row.

  “I dunno, a yellow headed black bird?” He mumbles under his beats.

  scribbles furiously in my notepad

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• ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s like they studied at the Kitchen Appliance Naming Institute.

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• hoshiyari@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I live on the east coast. Saw a black bird with red wings. Guess what it’s called.

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  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Red wings black bird? I think I had a few of those cards as a kid.

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A Detroit hockey team?

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• ThePyroPython@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Looks like we’ve got Mr Obvious the Ornithologist.

  When I say Ornith, you say ologist.

  Ornith-

  Ologist!

  Ornith-

  Ologist!

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• jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do they study OJ Simpson?

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